Hanging out and hooking up

Meg Kane: Young people are rejecting antiquated dating rituals in favour of casual dating and hooking up. They may be on to something

Realm of the peers

Straight Talking employs teenage parents to tell it like it is to other young people in schools around the country in a bid to reduce pregnancies

How Hollywood grew up about teen sex

Henry Barnes: American Pie may have been hailed as lewd and crude, but it actually displayed a new maturity about the coming of age experience. Now Sex Drive steps things up a gear

Scenes of a sexual nature

Abigail Jones: Teenagers may see a lot of nooky on popular TV programmes, but they should still learn about safe sex from their parents

Let’s talk about sex

Joanna Moorhead: Why are we so afraid of sex education? We need to realise that being open and honest is not the same as being permissive